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Festival in the Desert – Caravan of Peace: Ali Farka Touré Band & Terakaft
February 23, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Pre-performance Q&A with members of the Ali Farka Touré Band – 2pm
The Festival in the Desert (“Festival au Désert”) was one of Africa’s most celebrated annual music festivals. Held in Mali, it showcased traditional Tuareg music and music from around the world. Shortly after the January 2012 festival, the Northern Mali conflict broke out and all Western and non-devotional music was outlawed. Exiled from the Sahara, Festival in the Desert brings its “caravan” to The Met for a rare concert.
Ali Farka Touré Band features the original band of the late guitarist led by his protegé Afel Bocoum and Mamadou Kelly. The band that toured the world together many times, whose late leader was the master of fusing traditional Malian music with New World blues, reunite with a mission to spread a message of peace and revisit the rich repertoire of the three-time Grammy Award winner.
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